Nearly a quarter of a million people came to Jones Beach to sunbathe and catch the air show over the weekend but spokesman George Gorman said that’s not a record.

“We didn’t have a performance jet team, we didn’t have the Blue Angles or the Thunderbirds this year so attendance was lower than what we would normally expect but still it wound up being a great weekend,” he told 1010 WINS’ Mona Rivera.

Over the weekend, sand, surf and sun were the perfect remedy at Orchard Beach after a long cold winter.